Name of Session:
Playground Science
Sally Wolfe


Learning Goals for DVI Fellows:
Teachers will participate in a variety of activities which are designed to be done on their own playgrounds with very little supplies. The activities will support and enhance their life science curriculum. The fellows will . . .
  • Participate in a variety of activities which their students would be able to do on their own playgrounds.
  • Have the opportunity to reflect on their individual school environments and how they might be utilized to support their life science curriculum.
  • Be provided with the materials for some of the activities, so that they be used immediately with their students.
Summary of Activities:
  1. Teachers will be presented with a variety of “Playground Science” activities which may easily be adapted for any grade level.
  2. They will have the opportunity to participate in some of the activities and be encouraged to adapt them for their own use.
  3. They will be provided with the materials to create some of the activities and time to create them.



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